Happy
May 2025: Flee Betrayal, Flee Hypocrisy and Sabotage for a Peacefully Healthy Environment
for Global Entrepreneurship!
Happy
Workers’ Day, 2025
By
Benjamin Pulle Niriwa. In Peace, Health and Entrepreneurship. 01.05.2025.
Introduction
Betrayal refers to a situation in
which two or more people who love, trust and keep each other’s secretes breached
these bonds that previously existed between them. At this point one of them who
used to love and trust has grown “invisible hard shells” (McCoy, 2025; Figure 1); but the other person(s) is/are not aware,
so they still keep trusting them by telling them secretes, entrusting them with
their properties and even loved ones.
No
one should be interested in one party state! When the options are many and not
predictable, any party that wins election would be extra careful and do not
take the electorates for granted. That is one of the major reasons why NPP lost
the 2024 general elections with a huge margin. With the current issues
surrounding the suspension and possible removal of the suspended Chief Justice,
NPP needs to be careful and put national interest FIRST instead of partisan
interest. If they do not take time, they might rather end up making most of
their supporters lose interest in the party.
Instead of portraying behaviors perceived as trying
to sabotage the government, they should rather resort to behaviors in which their “ranking
member on Health Committee of Parliament” was seen and heard advising some health workers
of the Tamale Teaching Hospital to rescind their decision to demonstrate,
because of public interest (GA/AE., 2025).
This article was researched to answer
the following objectives, to:
1. 1. Describe
what betrayal is?
2. 2. Identify
some issues of concerns caused by betrayal.
3. 3. Assess
how political manipulation of Ghana’s Judiciary betrays national trust.
What Are the Main Issues of Concerns?
There is no economy without a healthy
public sector working force! Whatever every individual does on daily basis all
contribute to help build every economy in every nation and globally. Every
worker on earth really needs to be appreciated! At the peak of COVID-19
pandemic when curfews or lockdowns were used as a measure for preventing spread
of the virus, the world economy almost collapsed (AlNujaidi, 2022; Wang, 2021)! But the curfews in most nations
were not even up to a month. That clearly revealed how important the public sector
workforce is! Whatever one does is very important! The
most important thing is how you do it, your reason behind what you do, and why
you do it? Everyone has a dream in life, but it is not every dream that is an
acceptable one.
A
dream that puts undue pain suffering on another cannot be accepted as a good
dream. Fraudsters around the global are continuously devise new ways according
to the constant fast changing world; but they also refer to what they are doing
as their dreams. Their dreams to make quick money by using their intelligence
to deceive others and collect their moneys or material gifts are not accepted. The
only difference between their activities and armed robbers is because they do
not openly murder others like most armed robbers do. But they all have the same
dream of making quick money using wrong ways. Behaviors such as these are
serious betrayal of the common good of every society globally (Brooklyn,
2024; Francismay, 2024; Holm, 2024).
The
consequences of living a dream that is not legally accepted are numerous! Some
of these fraud boys and armed robbers are seen exchanging fires with even the
national security, the case of a criminal fighting the state. In most cases
some of these criminals are murdered at a very tender age due to their get rich
quick through all foul means strategy. What is disturbing is that, because of
their activities some innocent people are also mistakenly lynched; just because
they are seen holding a gun for self-protection (Brooklyn,
2024; Inno, 2024).
You
might not pick a gun to attack anyone for money! You might not deceive anyone
using your intelligence to take away what rightly belongs to the person. But
there are certain behaviors that when we exhibit at our various work places,
can be very damaging too. Most of those chameleonic behaviors are silent
killers contributing to increased suicides. Though the working force is
obviously very important for building global economies, there are some
behaviors that must be permanently buried if we prioritize the common good of
every working environment.
The
modern-day public sector is increasingly full of lies! These lies are mostly
targeted at unsuspecting victims when there is a competition for a particular
position in the job. The Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) in Ghana, Dr.
George Akuffo Dampare, was almost removed from office because of lies. But
after surviving those lies there was still attention on him! Some members of
the previous Former President Akufo-Addo’s government were still threatening to
remove him from office. With a change of government, most Ghanaians thought
that he was finally free from the threats of being removed. Far from the case,
there were rumors in January this year that he was removed and some police
officers were allegedly jubilating. When he was finally removed in March 2025,
some police officers allegedly jubilated (Kubi, 2024; Ola-Morris, 2025; Seshie, 2025).
From
my experience of working in the public sector for over 22 years, people are not
hated at the work place because they are bad or wicked. They are actually hated
because of their good hearts which make “competitors” perceive them as their threats.
When they noticed that it is difficult to compete with you without destroying
your image, they would start lying against you and start having secret
meetings. The moment you notice that your colleagues have been having secret
meetings about the work, it is a clear sign that you might be targeted as a
threat to them. It is also a clear sign that they have been spreading
falsehoods against you. What should you do? So, you should not hate them but
you must be very careful about them. Born at the days when being good pays,
nowadays being good rather makes you a target for sabotage (Pleasant,
2018)!
Maltreating
a good person because of his/her good heart is tantamount to betraying the
whole world! The world is yearning for people with pure hearts who could be
trusted, if people with good behaviors are targeted as threats, then it
indirectly discourages our young ones.
Betrayal
and hypocrisy have similar attributes and can be used interchangeably by some
people. For a peaceful and effective or efficient working environment, people
must flee these twins! We must be careful with those do dirty competition at
the work place! They smile with you nicely, and behind your back they hold
secret meeting; that should tell you that the person was giving fake smile. It
is at the secret meetings most lies are peddled against targeted victims, if
the person is not a threat to you why hold secret meeting?
The
suspension and possible removal of the Former Chief Justice of Ghana has
revealed a serious betrayal of national trust. Party’s interest is seen being
valued than the national interests. This must not be the case; national
interest rather should be valued above any other interest (Kobi, 2025).
How
Does the Political Manipulation of the Supreme Court by Former President
Akufo-Addo Revealed National Betrayal?
Some
of the minority members of parliaments (MPs) are heard talking about the suspension
of the Former Chief Justice as a possibility to destroy the democratic gains of
Ghana (Laryea, 2025). Yet these same MPs
were absolutely silent when Former President Akufo-Addo was packing the Supreme
court with Judges who were suspected as NPP associates. Former President
Akufo-Addo alone in just 8 years has appointed eighteen (18) Supreme court
judges the highest ever appointed by any President in Ghana. It was revealed
that though Former President Flt. Lt. J. J. Rawlings for longer, he appointed
only eleven (11) Judges. Then Former President J A Kufour appointed seventeen (17)
Judges too, with President Mahama appointing only four (4) of them in his first
term (MyNewsGH, 2023; Savage, 2024).
So,
from history, the NPP is really noted for always flooding the Supreme court any
time they are in power. This is rather what threatens Ghana’s democracy, not
when a Chief Justice is suspended after the discovery of a prima facie
case. The NPP MPs, not seeing anything wrong with the bias packing of the
Supreme court; but rather see the suspension of the Former Chief Justice after
the determination of a prima facie case is questionable. No political
party in the history of Ghana’s fourth republic has manipulated the Judiciary
than the NPP’s government, especially the one led by Former President
Akufo-Addo (Hameed, 2025;
Ghartey, 2025; MyNewsGH, 2023). They also claimed
that because the Former Chief Justice is a female, removing her from would
discourage women from seeking top positions in the country.
If
they are aware of this, then one would wonder why they threatened to remove the
Former EC’s chairperson whilst in opposition, and after winning they really
removed her (Kumsah, 2018; Frimpong, 2018)? Contrary to their
false claim that the President did not follow due process in the suspension of
the CJ, the President has already indicated his intension to follow legal
process to decide whether the Former CJ deserved to be removed or not. This
intention of the President was first made known “on Tuesday, March 25, 2025”
before an application was sent to the Supreme court falsely claiming that the
President did not follow constitutional procedures with respect to the
petitions submitted to him (Adjei, 2025; Aryee, 2025; Mensah, 2025).
The
application alleged that the President did not allow the CJ to response to the petitions.
But the President has already given ten (10) days to the CJ to do so and she
has later done that too (Adjei, 2025). So, where is the
violation again? After the determination of the prima facie case, the
President did not also just remove her from office. He has set up a five-member
committee to investigate the allegations that were raised against her. He has
not yet taken any action against her; he is still waiting for the investigation
to inform him on what to do next. Where is the constitutional violation?
If
the President has already addressed all the issues that were raised in the
application intended to injunct the removal of the Chief Justice, then that
application still lying at the Supreme court is clearly baseless and hold no
water.
The
current call by some top leaders of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) could be
seen by many Ghanaians as a betrayal of national trust! What is even
embarrassing is their threats to go to court just because the President
allegedly did not publish a constitutional instrument or C.I. on the CJ removal
process. The GBA leaders and some few of their members talking about the
“constitutional instrument” and not interested in whether there was a prima
facie case or not is tantamount to betraying the trust the nation repose in
them. If the necessary legal processes are duly followed, except that the
alleged C.I. is not published, as legal body of the nation; what the best they
could have done to advice or suggest that the President do so. Their threats to
go court is not professional, but could rather be perceived as being partisan (Adams, 2025; Distinguished, 2025;
Incoom, 2025).
There
were serious issues capable of clipping trust in the Judiciary but they were silent
and nowhere to be found. Those issues especially decisions and judgment that
were made by some Judges of the Supreme court were serious issues capable of
tarnishing the good image of the Judiciary. During that time Ghanaians saw the
Presiding judge preventing the EC chairperson from testifying in court, which
was later condemned by some law experts and citizens who are knowledgeable and
understand the consequences of such a behavior (Anim-Appau,
2023; Pulle a, 2021; Pulle b, 2021). But the GBA was
none existence!
The
GBA has also been silent when Former President J. A. Kufour and Former
President Akufo-Addo flooded the Supreme with NPP-associated Judges. Such
appointments compromised the neutrality of the Apex court that must be the hope
of every Ghana. What is even very worrying and indeed also very embarrassing is
the fact that, this same suspended Chief Justice that they are defending has
presented five (5) Judges for appointment to the Supreme court without following
constitutional laid down procedures (Gabs., 2025). If this same GBA is
blind about the constitutional violation by this suspended CJ, it highly
mesmerizing and outrageous for them to be threatening the President with court
action for an alleged constitutional violation.
One
worrying trend in the public sector that needs to be condemned is the increased
politicization of important state institutions! During the era of Former
President Akufo-Addo, most public institutions were severely politicized
especially the judiciary, the security sector, and the electoral commission. These
political interferences were serious issues that should have been condemned,
unfortunately nothing was done. In the history of Ghana’s fourth republic, as
it currently stands, no President has packed the supreme court with Judges than
Former President Akufo-Addo (MyNewsGh., 2023).
His
Excellency Former President Akufo-Addo has also done his best for Mother but he
has also left Ghana with weakest institutions than any other President in the
fourth republic. It is not only about the Former President piling the Supreme
with NPP associates who are described as “Kwasi Anin-Yeboahs”; the time that
normally did that is serious issue capable of creating mistrust in the Judiciary.
The consequence of him piling the Apex court of the land with his associates
were exposed in the 2020 election petition where certain key decisions such as
allowing the EC chair to be subpoenaed have ruled in bias (Anim-Appau, 2023; MyNewsGH, 2023; Savage, 2024).
What
was even worrying is how those that he was packing at the supreme court were
perceived. The next serious issue is the time at which he did most of these
appointments. That is why some people perceived his actions as a way trying
manipulate the judiciary (MyNewsGh., 2023). Immediately after President Mahama was
sworn in, most Ghanaians would agree with me that some NPP members were always
running to the supreme with any small issue; which further confirm the
perception that the supreme court was manipulated. Behaviors such as these are
also tantamount to betraying national trust.
What
Are the Types of Betrayals?
The
following are some of the types of betrayals.
Betrayal
Out of Curiosity: The first betrayal by the first family
was out of curiosity! The serpent after turning into a snake, made use of the
curiosity nature of humans to deceive Eve to eat the forbidden.
Deliberate
Betrayal: Betrayal is also done deliberately for a purpose! This
is very common amongst romantic friends. When one no more loves the partner,
sometimes they deliberately cheat continuously as a form of betrayal with the
intension to force the person go away. Though it is wrong to do that, some
partners who are no more interested in a relationship can also be deliberately
stealing from you. Any betrayal that is done in order to achieve a particular
purpose is a deliberate betrayal!
Betrayal
as a Result of Greed: Being greedy encourages betrayal too. In
some marriages this type of betrayal can be very common! Cheating on one’s
partner in marriage is a form of greed betrayal, especially when the person is
able to satisfy you well in bed. During sexual intercourse, both partners need
to be satisfied! So, it is the duty of both lovers to satisfy each other in
turns; if one of the refused or stopped just because he/she has reached the
climax, that is a form of greed betrayal. When a public worker who is paid for
the work that he does, still collect in order to do the same work and be paid
for it; that is a betrayal caused by greed (Dhuafa, 2024;
Niranjan, 2024; Pulle, 2022).
Betrayal
Caused by Being Power Drunk: This is a type of
betrayal that is very common amongst politicians and royal families. Politics nowadays
is mostly tagged as a “dirty game” because of the increasing use of deceits,
lies, and even murder in politics! Politicians are the ones who make politics
looks like being inherently “dirty game”. Increasing reports of corruption
scandals under most governments as well as associated discrimination, both at
the inter and intra parties’ level all account for the dirty politics tag.
There are many examples that can be used to explain how politicians are making
politics dirty globally (Alfa Shaban,
2024; Dlamini, 2025; Krishna, 2022).
Betrayal
Due to Hatred/Envy/Jealousy: The story of Cain and
Abel or many others in the Holy books are examples of betrayals that were
committed out hatred/envy or jealousy. Cain was bitter because God accepted the
offertory of his brother Abel, who nicely presented the fattest sheep from his
flock; probably with a pure heart as offering. So, after betraying the love and
trust of his brother who followed him out because of love and trust; he slewed
him.
Figure
1: Flee Betrayal for a Peacefully Healthy Working Environment for Global
Entrepreneurship.
Conclusion
For
details on betrayal, wait for this article by the author: “Flee Betrayal or
Hypocrisy, an Old Cyclic Canker, Through the Celebration of Religious Seasons”.
Thank you for Reading!
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